Matthias Numsen Blytt

Matthias Numsen Blytt (26 April 1789 – 26 June 1862) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born at Overhalla in Nordre Trondheim county, Norway. He attended the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo) and the University of Copenhagen. Blytt was professor of botany at the University of Oslo.^[1]^[2] In 1856 Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker issued the exsiccataM. N. Blytt Pl. Norvegiae [praesertim alpium, rariores] with plant specimens collected by Blytt.^[3]

The standard author abbreviationBlytt is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[4]

References

^Fægri, Knut. "Matthias Numsen Blytt". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 February 2012.
^Inger Nordal. "Mathias Numsen Blytt". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
^"M. N. Blytt Pl. Norvegiae: IndExs ExsiccataID=1952674559". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^International Plant Names Index. Blytt.

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